The topic I would like to ask or interrogate is how fourier analysis is used to sort out and measure the effects of a black hole merger by measuring the effects of GWs stretching and bending the arms of an interferometer. A few pointers to get the audience interested in what GW’s are: Gravitational waves are…

For two of my modules this semester, we have been given free reign over the choice of topic – so I am using this opportunity to delve further into gravitational waves. One aspect I will approach this from a numerical and mathematical approach, and the other will be an essay approach. I would like to…